Yvette d’Entremont
@dentremy.bsky.social
Reporter/Managing Editor @halifaxexaminer.ca
Health/research/social justice.
Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦
Fuelled by lukewarm coffee and hope for a better world. Fan of forests, fireflies, dark skies and the sunrise.
Opinions are mine.
Acadienne
She/her
Health/research/social justice.
Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦
Fuelled by lukewarm coffee and hope for a better world. Fan of forests, fireflies, dark skies and the sunrise.
Opinions are mine.
Acadienne
She/her
Pinned
Yvette d’Entremont
@dentremy.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Just in time for the weekend! Note that the 'cream' in this recipe is tinned Fussells Thick Cream. More easily found in Newfoundland, but I've sometimes seen it at Sobeys. If you can't find Fussells, my MIL says Carnation cream (not milk!) also works. I've only ever made it with Fussells though.
Every time I see this compost bin while out walking in my neighbourhood, I smile. So do the local kids!
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Every time I see this compost bin while out walking in my neighbourhood, I smile. So do the local kids!
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Another reason not to buy 🇺🇸😮😡
The EPA has approved a new pesticide that contains PFAS, or 'forever chemicals', to be used on vegetables like lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Another reason not to buy 🇺🇸😮😡
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Kate Beaton on a stamp! What a world to live in!
Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Kate Beaton on a stamp! What a world to live in!
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I’m giving a free webinar on occupational mental health injury for frontline workers this Thursday! I’ll be joined by a colleague who is much smarter than me. You should listen in, just to hear from her.
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Moral Injury at Work. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
How can we justify asking frontline workers to sacrifice their mental health and well-being for the sake of others, especially when the system they serve is often the source of their moral injury?
Dr...
us06web.zoom.us
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I’m giving a free webinar on occupational mental health injury for frontline workers this Thursday! I’ll be joined by a colleague who is much smarter than me. You should listen in, just to hear from her.
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Unbeknownst to me (until now), my husband captured me enjoying tonight’s sunset.
The colours really were this amazing! Hope you all have a great week.
The colours really were this amazing! Hope you all have a great week.
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Unbeknownst to me (until now), my husband captured me enjoying tonight’s sunset.
The colours really were this amazing! Hope you all have a great week.
The colours really were this amazing! Hope you all have a great week.
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Some vaccines like COVID and flu don’t stop completely stop infection.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Some vaccines like COVID and flu don’t stop completely stop infection.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
And so the sun sets on another Sunday.
November 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
And so the sun sets on another Sunday.
“Canada Post and the union representing its 53,000 workers have reached a tentative contract agreement that would bring an end a two-year labour dispute which led to two national strikes.”
Canada Post reaches tentative deal with workers — Toronto Star
Canada Post and the union representing its 53,000 workers have reached a tentative contract agreement that would bring an end a two-year labour dispute which led to two national strikes.
apple.news
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
“Canada Post and the union representing its 53,000 workers have reached a tentative contract agreement that would bring an end a two-year labour dispute which led to two national strikes.”
Palette of soft colours used to paint the night sky. Nice view to kick off the weekend.
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Palette of soft colours used to paint the night sky. Nice view to kick off the weekend.
A sobering read. @timbousquet.bsky.social on the environmental impacts of the AI industry. (no paywall)
"The energy demands are so enormous that if the industry is successful in its growth projections, it will be impossible to stave off cataclysmic climate change.
What kind of insanity is this?"
"The energy demands are so enormous that if the industry is successful in its growth projections, it will be impossible to stave off cataclysmic climate change.
What kind of insanity is this?"
The collective madness of ignoring the environmental costs of the AI industry
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
The collective madness of ignoring the environmental costs of the AI industry - Halifax Examiner
Just as humanity is facing the existential crisis of climate change, we're going to add enormous amounts of carbon to the atmosphere by burning more fossil fuels to power ChatFuckingGPT?
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A sobering read. @timbousquet.bsky.social on the environmental impacts of the AI industry. (no paywall)
"The energy demands are so enormous that if the industry is successful in its growth projections, it will be impossible to stave off cataclysmic climate change.
What kind of insanity is this?"
"The energy demands are so enormous that if the industry is successful in its growth projections, it will be impossible to stave off cataclysmic climate change.
What kind of insanity is this?"
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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It occurs to me, and I'm sure I'm not the only one, that what is happening with the ultra rich oppressing and exploiting everyone else is a mirror of what humans have done to the earth.
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 AM
It occurs to me, and I'm sure I'm not the only one, that what is happening with the ultra rich oppressing and exploiting everyone else is a mirror of what humans have done to the earth.
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In today's Morning File, stories from @dartjenhen.bsky.social and @dentremy.bsky.social.
Continuing our series on AI, I interviewed a member of No Desert Data Center, which is fighting against Project Blue in Tucson, Arizona.
Now I know how to spell Tucson.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
Continuing our series on AI, I interviewed a member of No Desert Data Center, which is fighting against Project Blue in Tucson, Arizona.
Now I know how to spell Tucson.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
'We're not fooled': No Desert Data Center's fight against Project Blue is a common one across North America - Halifax Examiner
An interview with a member of a coalition fighting to stop a data centre in Tucson, Arizona.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In today's Morning File, stories from @dartjenhen.bsky.social and @dentremy.bsky.social.
Continuing our series on AI, I interviewed a member of No Desert Data Center, which is fighting against Project Blue in Tucson, Arizona.
Now I know how to spell Tucson.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
Continuing our series on AI, I interviewed a member of No Desert Data Center, which is fighting against Project Blue in Tucson, Arizona.
Now I know how to spell Tucson.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
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Currently at this very interesting and slightly terrifying conference natureconferences.streamgo.live/microplastic...
Microplastics: an emerging threat to human and planetary health
Microplastics (MPs), along with the chemicals they release, are pervasive and persistent contaminants in ecosystems worldwide. Increasingly, MPs are also being detected throughout the human body.Scien...
natureconferences.streamgo.live
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Currently at this very interesting and slightly terrifying conference natureconferences.streamgo.live/microplastic...
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So apparently Air Canada is on the list. Incoming investigation by the Federal Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner in 3… 2…
New from 404 Media: IRS accessed a massive database of Americans flights without a warrant. Shows where and when someone flew, the credit card used. Hundreds of millions records; the airlines sell this data to the government through a broker they own
www.404media.co/irs-accessed...
www.404media.co/irs-accessed...
IRS Accessed Massive Database of Americans Flights Without a Warrant
A bipartisan letter reveals the IRS searched a database of hundreds of millions of travel records without first conducting a legal review. Airlines like Delta, United, American, and Southwest are sell...
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
So apparently Air Canada is on the list. Incoming investigation by the Federal Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner in 3… 2…
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If you’re making up gift packages for unhoused people this holiday season, include wool socks. Wool dries faster than cotton, and can still provide warmth even when they’re damp.
Need for dry wool socks for people sleeping rough in Halifax is unrelenting: ‘We get to go home. They don’t’
Retired RCMP officer and a friend started a sock fundraiser eight years ago, and the need continues to grow
www.saltwire.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
If you’re making up gift packages for unhoused people this holiday season, include wool socks. Wool dries faster than cotton, and can still provide warmth even when they’re damp.
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Cloudflare is down as a whole which means multiple sites are unavailable. Ironically including down detector
November 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Cloudflare is down as a whole which means multiple sites are unavailable. Ironically including down detector
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Here’s hoping no one needs an urgent helicopter patient transfer from Eastern Memorial Hospital in Canso during the times blocked for the rocket launches this week. And that no debris lands on anyone on land or the ocean. It is hunting season and also tuna fishing time. But hey, rockets!!!🚀
‘Potential debris may splash down:’ Maritime Launch plans to send up a high-power rocket from Canso this week
By @joanbaxter.bsky.social
By @joanbaxter.bsky.social
‘Potential debris may splash down:’ Maritime Launch plans to send up a high-power rocket from Canso this week - Halifax Examiner
Countdown is on for the rocket's launch, a rocket we know little about, a launch closed to the media, and about which the people who live in the area have not even been informed.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Here’s hoping no one needs an urgent helicopter patient transfer from Eastern Memorial Hospital in Canso during the times blocked for the rocket launches this week. And that no debris lands on anyone on land or the ocean. It is hunting season and also tuna fishing time. But hey, rockets!!!🚀
Two NDP MPs abstained along with House Speaker Francis Scarpaleggia, who casts a vote in the event of a tie. “Conservative MPs Shannon Stubbs and Matt Jeneroux..also abstained.
Green Party leader Elizabeth May's support also proved crucial.”
By Nadine Yousif via BBC News
Green Party leader Elizabeth May's support also proved crucial.”
By Nadine Yousif via BBC News
Canada's parliament narrowly approves Prime Minister Carney's first federal budget - BBC News
The approval of the fiscal plan - the second largest in Canada's history - allows the prime minister's minority government to avert an early election.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Two NDP MPs abstained along with House Speaker Francis Scarpaleggia, who casts a vote in the event of a tie. “Conservative MPs Shannon Stubbs and Matt Jeneroux..also abstained.
Green Party leader Elizabeth May's support also proved crucial.”
By Nadine Yousif via BBC News
Green Party leader Elizabeth May's support also proved crucial.”
By Nadine Yousif via BBC News
"We are at the very edge of it being too late for us to be sure that our own children and grandchildren alive today can live in a livable world where human civilization is sustainable," Elizabeth May said. "Without what I heard from the prime minister today, I would've voted no."
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"We are at the very edge of it being too late for us to be sure that our own children and grandchildren alive today can live in a livable world where human civilization is sustainable," Elizabeth May said. "Without what I heard from the prime minister today, I would've voted no."
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The dolphins are getting Alzheimer’s from algae blooms
caused by warming waters and toxic runoff
and you could see the bloodstains in Sudan
from space.
The cobalt is mined by children
and the music is made by robots
and the grownups are wondering
where the fireflies went.
caused by warming waters and toxic runoff
and you could see the bloodstains in Sudan
from space.
The cobalt is mined by children
and the music is made by robots
and the grownups are wondering
where the fireflies went.
November 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The dolphins are getting Alzheimer’s from algae blooms
caused by warming waters and toxic runoff
and you could see the bloodstains in Sudan
from space.
The cobalt is mined by children
and the music is made by robots
and the grownups are wondering
where the fireflies went.
caused by warming waters and toxic runoff
and you could see the bloodstains in Sudan
from space.
The cobalt is mined by children
and the music is made by robots
and the grownups are wondering
where the fireflies went.
The snow has started to fly here this morning, making me extra glad my tree went up yesterday.
No decorations yet, but the cozy lighting brings me joy.
No decorations yet, but the cozy lighting brings me joy.
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The snow has started to fly here this morning, making me extra glad my tree went up yesterday.
No decorations yet, but the cozy lighting brings me joy.
No decorations yet, but the cozy lighting brings me joy.
The divers’ photos provide evidence contrary to ARCP’s claims that the cove habitat is “very poor quality to support significant populations of marine life," reports @suzannerent.bsky.social
‘A reminder of what we stand to lose’: Divers find vibrant sea life in Dartmouth Cove
By @suzannerent.bsky.social
By @suzannerent.bsky.social
'A reminder of what we stand to lose': Divers find vibrant sea life in Dartmouth Cove - Halifax Examiner
On Saturday, divers captured photos of starfish, mussel beds, anemones, hermit crabs, sculpins, and more.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The divers’ photos provide evidence contrary to ARCP’s claims that the cove habitat is “very poor quality to support significant populations of marine life," reports @suzannerent.bsky.social
“The people within this province are no longer going to tolerate how our gifts from the Creator have been extracted indiscriminately," Albert Marshall said. "Each and every one of us is no longer..willing to be in denial, and silent, while someone gets rich, destroying the very gift we all need."
‘I do it for my children and my grandchildren’: Mi’kmaq land defenders and supporters rally to protect Nova Scotia
By @mmughees.bsky.social
By @mmughees.bsky.social
‘I do it for my children and my grandchildren’: Mi'kmaq land defenders and supporters rally to protect Nova Scotia - Halifax Examiner
Several hundred people attended Saturday's Shoulder to Shoulder rally in Halifax to protest premier's resource extraction policies.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
“The people within this province are no longer going to tolerate how our gifts from the Creator have been extracted indiscriminately," Albert Marshall said. "Each and every one of us is no longer..willing to be in denial, and silent, while someone gets rich, destroying the very gift we all need."
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Premier Houston says govt will not proceed with Cabot proposal to lease part of West Mabou Beach Prov park. Calls the asks “unreasonable”
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Premier Houston says govt will not proceed with Cabot proposal to lease part of West Mabou Beach Prov park. Calls the asks “unreasonable”